Table 15: Average Annual Wages 1995-2008
| Historical | Forecast | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| Mining | $43,671 | $44,926 | $47,064 | $47,675 | $49,621 | $51,079 | $52,281 | $53,486 | $54,692 | $55,901 | $57,112 | $58,325 | $59,541 | $60,759 |
| Percent Change | 2.9% | 4.8% | 1.3% | 4.1% | 2.9% | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.0% | |
| Construction | $23,801 | $24,634 | $25,513 | $26,844 | $28,574 | $29,258 | $29,583 | $29,888 | $30,173 | $30,442 | $30,695 | $30,934 | $31,160 | $31,374 |
| Percent Change | 3.5% | 3.6% | 5.2% | 6.4% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.7% | |
| Manufacturing | $26,557 | $29,474 | $30,725 | $32,197 | $31,938 | $33,235 | $34,461 | $35,663 | $36,842 | $38,001 | $39,142 | $40,265 | $41,373 | $42,468 |
| Percent Change | 11.0% | 4.2% | 4.8% | -0.8% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.6% | |
| TCPU* | $31,612 | $31,664 | $33,283 | $34,437 | $34,590 | $36,618 | $38,426 | $40,245 | $42,088 | $43,958 | $45,856 | $47,782 | $49,738 | $51,724 |
| Percent Change | 0.2% | 5.1% | 3.5% | 0.4% | 5.9% | 4.9% | 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 4.2% | 4.1% | 4.0% | |
| Trade | $14,136 | $14,550 | $15,277 | $16,234 | $16,684 | $17,108 | $17,417 | $17,716 | $18,006 | $18,287 | $18,559 | $18,824 | $19,083 | $19,334 |
| Percent Change | 2.9% | 5.0% | 6.3% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.3% | |
| FIRE** | $25,406 | $27,247 | $28,956 | $29,326 | $31,279 | $32,462 | $33,431 | $34,378 | $35,307 | $36,217 | $37,111 | $37,988 | $38,850 | $39,699 |
| Percent Change | 7.2% | 6.3% | 1.3% | 6.7% | 3.8% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.2% | |
| Services | $17,660 | $18,048 | $18,710 | $19,411 | $20,034 | $21,054 | $22,162 | $23,450 | $24,962 | $26,758 | $28,908 | $31,502 | $34,653 | $38,497 |
| Percent Change | 2.2% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 3.2% | 5.1% | 5.3% | 5.8% | 6.5% | 7.2% | 8.0% | 9.0% | 10.0% | 11.1% | |
| Government | $24,309 | $24,708 | $25,391 | $26,305 | $26,894 | $27,975 | $29,020 | $30,105 | $31,232 | $32,403 | $33,620 | $34,883 | $36,196 | $37,560 |
| Percent Change | 1.6% | 2.8% | 3.6% | 2.2% | 4.0% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 3.8% | |
| Total | $25,894 | $26,906 | $28,115 | $29,054 | $29,952 | $31,099 | $32,098 | $33,116 | $34,163 | $35,246 | $36,375 | $37,563 | $38,824 | $40,177 |
| Percent Change | 3.9% | 4.5% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 3.8% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 3.5% | |
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